News from May 21.

The NBA draft lottery is tonight.  The lottery is a drawing amongst 
non-playoff teams to determine which teams get the #1, #2, and #3 draft 
picks.  The rest of the order is determined by record.  The NBA draft is 
June 28.
Lottery Chances (out of 1000) 
  Memphis                        250
  Boston                         199
  Milwaukee                      156
  Atlanta (may go to Phoenix)    119  [goes to Pho unless top 3]
  Seattle                         88
  Portland                        53
  Minnesota                       53
  Charlotte                       19
  New York (may go to Chicago)    19  [Chi's option to swap picks]
  Sacramento                      18
  Indiana (may go to Atlanta)      8  [goes to Atl unless top 10]
  Philadelphia                     7
  New Orleans                      6
  LA Clippers                      5


Det 79, Cle 76  at Det
Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 blocks.
Chris Webber (Det) had 10 points.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points and 7 assists.
Chauncey Billups (Det) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7
turnovers.
LeBron James (Cle) had 10 points on 5-15 FG, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4
steals.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 22 points and 13 rebounds including 7
offensive.
Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Det leads the series 1-0.


Playoff Standings
  1st Round            2nd Round              3rd Round            Finals
  (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)            (Best of 7)          (Best of 7)
1 Dallas (2)       _
8 Golden State (4)  |_ 8 Golden State (1) _
                     _ 4 Utah (4)          |
4 Utah (4)    ______|                      |_ 4 Utah (0)       _
5 Houston (3)                               _ 3 San Antonio (1) |
                                           |                    |
2 Phoenix (4)   ____                       |                    |
7 LA Lakers (1)     |_ 2 Phoenix (2)    ___|                    |
                     _ 3 San Antonio (4)                        |
3 San Antonio (4) __|                                           |
6 Denver (1)                                                    |_ 
                                                                 _ 
                                                                |
1 Detroit (4) ______                                            |
8 Orlando (0)       |_ 1 Detroit (4) ______                     |
                     _ 5 Chicago (2)       |                    |
4 Miami (0)   ______|                      |                    |
5 Chicago (4)                              |_ 1 Detroit (1)  ___|
                                            _ 2 Cleveland (0)
2 Cleveland (4)  ___                       |
7 Washington (0)    |_ 2 Cleveland (4) ____|
                     _ 6 New Jersey (2)
3 Toronto (2)    ___|
6 New Jersey (4) 
 

Conference Finals  (Central times)  *if necessary
Tuesday, May 22
  Game 2: Utah at San Antonio        8:00 pm  ESPN

Thursday, May 24
  Game 2: Cleveland at Detroit       7:00 pm  TNT

Saturday, May 26
  Game 3: San Antonio at Utah        7:30 pm  ABC

Sunday, May 27
  Game 3: Detroit at Cleveland       7:30 pm  TNT

Monday, May 28
  Game 4: San Antonio at Utah        8:00 pm  ESPN

Tuesday, May 29
  Game 4: Detroit at Cleveland       7:00 pm  TNT

Wednesday, May 30
 *Game 5: Utah at San Antonio        8:00 pm  ESPN

Thursday, May 31
 *Game 5: Cleveland at Detroit       7:00 pm  TNT

Friday, June 1
 *Game 6: San Antonio at Utah        8:00 pm  ESPN

Saturday, June 2
 *Game 6: Detroit at Cleveland       7:30 pm  TNT

Sunday, June 3
 *Game 7: Utah at San Antonio        7:30 pm  ABC

Monday, June 4
 *Game 7: Cleveland at Detroit       7:00 pm  TNT


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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